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Lagos — The Boko Haram has emerged the deadliest terror group in the world with its death toll in Nigeria’s neighbouring countries increasing by 157 percent between 2011 and 2015. Check also: There Could Be Millions Of People Supporting Boko Haram In Nigeria This is according to the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP), through its Global Terrorism Index, where it ...

Kampala — As Makerere University re-opens today following a two-month closure, the administration has warned students against protesting the tuition fee deadline directing all students to pay up in two weeks or miss out on sitting their end of first semester exams. Check also: Makerere University Lecturers Suspend Strike While commenting on the re-opening of the university and last week’s students ...

Pallisa — State Minister for Cooperatives Fred Ngobi Gume has revealed that government is considering financially supporting cooperative unions that had collapsed due to various reasons. Check also: President Museveni Appoints A New Head Of Uganda’s Electoral Commission “Many cooperative Unions are on death bed and need recapitalisation. This is why government is considering bailing them out financially in a bid ...

Kim Jong-un is the Grinch who stole Christmas. North Korea’s tubby tyrant wants the few Christians in the hermit state to spread cheer only to celebrate his grandma, Kim Jong-suk – not the birth of Jesus. Check also: North Korea Seriously In Car Production Business Jong-suk who was born on Christmas Eve in 1919 was an anti-Japanese guerrilla and Communist activist, ...

The Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, has hit out at regional mediators urging him to step down, saying he will not be intimidated. Check also: Gambian President Jammeh Refuses To Step Down President Jammeh had earlier conceded defeat in the election, after a 22-year-rule, but recanted a week later, asking for fresh polls to be conducted by a “god-fearing and independent electoral ...